IPEF: A New Challenge To Act East Policy, Albeit Under USA Leadership – Analysis

The launching of IPEF (Indo-Pacific Economic Framework) threw a new challenge to resurrect the Act East policy, which is facing bumpy roads after the withdrawal from RCEP (Regional Cooperation for Economic Partnership) in 2019. Of the 14 nation IPEF economic club, 9 are from South East Asia. They are South Korea, Singapore,...